I just liked a lot of the stuff about personal responsibility, stopping the abortion debate, fiscal conservancy, getting rid of No Child Left Behind, etc. Oh yeah, and the sense of humor.
Except this part is kind of annoying: "We've had nearly three decades to educate the electorate about freedom, responsibility, and the evils of collectivism". See, we just need to be "educated" and then of course we'll agree with everything they say. I didn't realize that we hadn't already had their propaganda shoved down our throat for the past 30 years...
Oh of course. And there's that line that about educated people choosing conservatism and only the insane choosing to be liberal. It's still propaganda. I'm not saying I agree with every sentence...
P. J. is funny -- that's a fact -- but he's talking about Conservatism the way people used to talk about Christianity, as in, "that's mighty Christian of you." I'm all for personal responsibility too, as long as that isn't a code word for abolishing the safety net and despising the poor. It's that kind of code language that makes it impossible to have a real conversation in this country.
It seemed to me like the author was characterizing everything including mom and apple pie as "conservative." And no one with kids is a liberal? Um. Hi.
That's become more what libertarian means nowadays. I feel like the term "conservative" has been co-opted by the Ingrahams, Liddys, and Hannitys of the world.
The war in Iraq isn't "conservative," either, but most of the people who were originally against it were liberals.
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By that logic, Obama himself is a conservative. If that's the case, what's this guy complaining about?
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Smaller government means smaller government (which includes getting the fuck out of our private lives)
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The war in Iraq isn't "conservative," either, but most of the people who were originally against it were liberals.
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There...now they will love you again. *laughs*